China M&A, JV Wrap for the Week of 5/24/2012

May 24 – Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) is making its first investment in China by acquiring a stake in a local online retailer that will sell Macy's merchandise on its website, the Wall Street Journal reported. The US department store invested $15 million in VIPStore Co, a Chinese online retail company, for an undisclosed minority stake, along with other venture capital providers, including Intel Corp's (Nasdaq: INTC) Intel Capital.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304707604577422511831032678.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

May 21 – Wanda Group, one of China's largest theater owners, said it agreed to take over AMC Entertainment, which owns the second largest movie theater chain in North America, for $2.6 billion, including debts. Wanda also promised to inject an extra $500 million for AMC's future operations.http://finance.qq.com/a/20120521/002841.htm

May 21 – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China's largest e-commerce provider, agreed to repurchase about a 20% stake in itself from Yahoo! Inc (Nasdaq: YHOO) for $7.1 billion, Bloomberg reported. Yahoo will receive at least $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in newly-issued Alibaba preferred stock from its planned IPO. Alibaba also will be required to either buy back a quarter of Yahoo's current stake at the price of a future IPO or let Yahoo sell the shares in the IPO.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-21/alibaba-buys-back-20-stake-in-itself-from-yahoo-for-7-billion.html

May 16 – Beijing Jangho Curtain Wall Co (SHA: 601886) said its Hong Kong unit plans to pay ¥401 million for an 85% stake in Sundart Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sundart International Holdings Ltd (HKG: 2288). Sundart Group provides interior decoration services for luxury apartments and hotels. It posted ¥1.42 billion in revenues and ¥102 million in net profits for 2011.http://www.yicai.com/news/2012/05/1730411.html